Winning Basketball Quotes

Your program must have an overriding purpose which is clearly visible and which teaches lessons beyond winning. ~ Don Meyer

Don't worry about losing. Think about winning. ~ Mike Krzyzewski

I understand the NBA and the role I play on my team. I know that I have to play a leadership role and do whatever I have to do to win. ~ Carmelo Anthony

We win because we play together as a team. ~ John Havlicek

You can easily separate 'team guys' from 'me guys' by how they accept coaching. The guys that accept it are about winning ~ Bill Parcells

Covering politics like sports has created a self-reinforcing incentive structure that is not dissimilar to the one the ESPN'S SportsCenter has on the fundamentals of basketball. There is a long-running concern from basketball purists that the fundamentals of the game – passing, defense, and footwork – are eroding. The theory goes that players want to be like the stars they see on SportsCenter. You don't get on SportsCenter by doing the nitty-gritty work of winning basketball games. The more extreme the play, the more dramatic the showboating and celebrating, the more likely to be a feature in a coveted highlight segment. The reward system benefits the opposite behavior most basketball coaches would like to see in their players. This is the SportsCenter effect. ~ Dan Pfeiffer

I probably would have no capability of absorbing a 60-defeat season as a coach. It would be a foreign experience. My whole career, even as a player, has been on winning basketball clubs and it just seems to have been a part of the make-up of what's been given me. That's what I've been given and that's what I've had to deal with. Some people can make fun of it or some people can have a good time with it, or some people can resent it. It's just what it is. ~ Phil Jackson

If you quit ONCE it becomes a habit.Never quit!!! ~ Michael Jordan

You cant win unless you learn how to lose. ~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money. ~ Oscar Robertson

Bob Brannum was my body guard on the court. He was 6'-6 and built like a bulldog. ~ Bob Cousy

You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it. ~ Dale Carnegie

We need to start acting like a team, focus on winning and not worry about all of the other stuff that goes on. We lost our focus last year. We worried about who was being hired, who was being fired. That's got to change. We don't need any more finger pointing. We need to act like a team. ~ Albert Belle

Winning and losing are both very temporary things. Having done one or the other, you move ahead. Gloating over a victory or sulking over a loss is a good way to stand still. ~ Chuck Knox

We should go to Vegas," I announced. "We're on a streak."
His brows drew together. "Babe, not sure you're payin' attention but, shit that's flyin' around us does not say 'winning streak'."
"I've got a naked hot guy bad boy on top of my that proves you wrong. ~ Kristen Ashley

There are people in this life for whom even the best of things don't work out. They could wear cashmere suits and still look like tramps; be very rich but badly in debt; be tall but lousy at basketball. ~ Martin Page

Have a vision. Sell your program. Your team is going to reflect you. ~ Mark Gottfried

As a kid I watched the Academy Awards on television and always wanted one - or several - like one of my favorite directions, John Ford. He won six. On the other hand, Orson Welles, who's on the top of my list, didn't win any. Alfred Hitchcock didn't win any. Howard Hawks didn't win any. ~ Martin Scorsese

ESPN, is having the ability to foretell future outcomes in sports. ~ Anthony Liccione

Duh, Winning!!!!


(hhahaha) ~ Charlie Sheen

My comeback was not about winning or losing; it was about the feeling of being able to compete at top level again. ~ Thomas Muster

Although science is not easy in complex human systems, we cannot afford to throw our hands in the air and give up. It may take decades, but it is a game worth playing and winning. ~ Paul Gibbons

I think you'll find that these are measures that have great bipartisan support, and so I expect, not only did we do well in the primary, I think we'll win by a wide margin in the fall because we're going to get a lot of independents and conservative Democrats coming to us. ~ Rand Paul

True motivation is not getting people to play to their potential. It's getting people to play beyond their potential ~ Rick Pitino

This has been a dream for me. ~ Blake Griffin

I never did. I only prepared to win the next day. ~ Karch Kiraly

The wise coach takes all the heat when his players lose, and gives them all the credit when they win. ~ John Kessel

Talent is extremely important. It's like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there's a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ. ~ Elon Musk

Leverage can come in many forms. Leverage can be your thoughts.people who win are careful with their thoughts, not saying "I can't do that." Or "it's too rosky." Or "I can't afford it." Instead they say "How can i do that?" Or how can I reduce my risk?" Or "How can I afford it? ~ Robert T. Kiyosaki

The only way to get back the confidence is to play and win matches. You can practise as much as you like, but you need confidence that comes from playing and winning matches. ~ Greg Rusedski

For strength of character in the race as in the individual consists mainly in the power of sacrificing the present for the future, of disregarding the immediate temptations of ephemeral pleasure for more distant and lasting sources of satisfaction. The more the power is exercised the higher and stronger becomes the character; till the height of heroism is reached in men who renounce the pleasures of life and even life itself for the sake of winning for others, perhaps in distant ages, the blessings of freedom and truth. ~ James George Frazer

Sometimes the cost of winning for all the right reasons is so great that spirits die and hearts grow cold. ~ Janet Morris

There's no biological reason why a man shouldn't just try to have sex with every woman he meets - all of them get pregnant and your genetics are winning. ~ Russell Brand

Winning is the only thing that makes me happy. Ask my wife. I don't get happy about anniversaries or birthdays. I don't care about that. Just winning. ~ Jeff Kent

Winning would create greater potential for change than talk alone. ~ Tony Dungy

It's hard to win in the NFL. You have to maintain a very delicate balance putting together the right team to be able to win and have any amount of success. ~ Barry Sanders

Those who hate or disrespect Sir Alex Ferguson , its only because he snatched away their dreams of winning. ~ Eric Cantona

Boxing is a glorious sport to watch and boxers are incredible, heroic athletes, but it's also, to be honest, a stupid game to play. Even the winners can end up with crippling brain damage. In a lot of ways, hustling is the same. But you learn something special from playing the most difficult games, the games where winning is close to impossible and losing is catastrophic: You learn how to compete as if your life depended on it. That's the lesson I brought with me to the so-called "legitimate" world. ~ Jay-Z

At a young age winning is not the most important thing ... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence. ~ Arsene Wenger

I've stated before that my number one priority as the steward of the Dodgers is winning, and I believe that hiring Ned is a step in that direction. With his genuine passion for baseball, his intimate knowledge of all aspects of the game, and solid leadership skills, I am confident that Ned's experience will help the Dodgers put a winning team on the field, year-in and year-out. ~ Frank McCourt

Would it be nice to win a film award one day? Yes. But the critics are going to have to wait till I'm ready. Right now, my gift is making big movies that audiences want to see. ~ Brett Ratner

The BIG push means being able to develop and sustain momentum toward your goal; it is the process of actively replacing excuses with winning habits, the ultimate excuses blockers. Moreover, it is being willing to go to the wall for what you want or believe in, to push beyond your previous mental and physical limits, no matter what it takes. ~ Lorii Myers

I was always trying to win the world, but somewhere I lost you. ~ Neil Diamond

I'm a physical guy. I play basketball, and I rock climb. ~ Ansel Elgort

When you're winning, everyone is a fan. ~ Scott Sigler